regexp.getString() function

The regexp.getString() function returns the source string used to compile a regular expression.

*Output data type: String*

import "regexp"
regexp.getString(r: /[a-zA-Z]/)
// Returns "[a-zA-Z]"

Parameters

r

The regular expression object to convert to a string.

*Data type: Regexp*

Examples

Convert regular expressions into strings in each row

import "regexp"
data
  |> map(fn: (r) => ({
      r with
      regex: r.regex,
      regexStr: regexp.getString(r: r.regex)
    })
  )

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• regexp.compile() function